Add IPNS over PubSub option

app/daemon.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { fileSync as tmpFileSync } from 'tmp'
 import request from 'request-promise-native'
 import { app, dialog } from 'electron'
 import pjson from '../package.json'
+import Settings from 'electron-settings'
 
 /**
  * Execute an IPFS command asynchoniously,
@@ -113,7 +114,18 @@ export function getAPIVersion () {
  */
 export function startIPFSDaemon () {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
- const ipfsProcess = spawnIPFSCommand('daemon', '--init', `--api=${global.IPFS_MULTIADDR_API}`)
+ const disablePubSubIPNS = Settings.getSync('disablePubSubIPNS')
+
+ const args = [
+ '--init',
+ `--api=${global.IPFS_MULTIADDR_API}`
+ ]
+
+ if (!disablePubSubIPNS) {
+ args.push('--enable-namesys-pubsub')
+ }
+
+ const ipfsProcess = spawnIPFSCommand('daemon', ...args)
 
  // Prepare temporary file for logging:
  const tmpLog = tmpFileSync({ keep: true })

app/windows/Settings/Components/ConnectivityPanel.jsx

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class ConnectivityPanel extends React.Component {
  state = {
  gateway: GatewayEnum.SIDERUS,
  skipGatewayQuery: true,
- runInBackground: true
+ runInBackground: true,
+ disablePubSubIPNS: false
  }
 
  componentWillMount () {
@@ -29,14 +30,16 @@ class ConnectivityPanel extends React.Component {
  Promise.all([
  Settings.get('gatewayURL'),
  Settings.get('skipGatewayQuery'),
- Settings.get('runInBackground')
+ Settings.get('runInBackground'),
+ Settings.get('disablePubSubIPNS')
  ])
  // .then(console.log)
  .then(values => this.setState({
  gateway: values[0],
  skipGatewayQuery: values[1] || false,
  // the default (undefined) is considered true
- runInBackground: typeof values[2] !== 'boolean' ? true : values[2]
+ runInBackground: typeof values[2] !== 'boolean' ? true : values[2],
+ disablePubSubIPNS: values[3] || false
  }))
  }
 
@@ -82,6 +85,20 @@ class ConnectivityPanel extends React.Component {
  })
  }
 
+ _handlePubSubIPNSChange = (event) => {
+ const nextValue = !this.state.disablePubSubIPNS
+ /**
+ * Save setting persistently
+ */
+ Settings.setSync('disablePubSubIPNS', nextValue)
+ /**
+ * Update component's state
+ */
+ this.setState({
+ disablePubSubIPNS: nextValue
+ })
+ }
+
  render () {
  if (this.props.navigationStore.selected !== 0) return null
  if (!this.props.informationStore) return null
@@ -131,6 +148,12 @@ class ConnectivityPanel extends React.Component {
  onChange={this._handleRunInBackgroundChange}
  />
  }
+
+ <CheckBox
+ label="Disable IPNS over PubSub (experimental feature)"
+ checked={this.state.disablePubSubIPNS}
+ onChange={this._handlePubSubIPNSChange}
+ />
  </Pane>
  )
  }